Improvement in fence-post stubs



UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

GEORGE LAKINS, OF EAST NORWALK, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCE-POST STUBS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 141,362, dated July 29,1873; application filed May 16, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LAKINS, of East Norwalk, in the county ofHuron and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is aperspective view of the fencepost with the portion of a rail-panel. Fig.2 is a front elevation of the fence-post of a portion of apicket-panel.Fig. 3 is a top view of the earth-post.

This invention has relation to cast-iron studs for fence-posts, whichposts are designed to be entirely above ground; and it consists in theconstruction and novel arrangement of the four ribs or flanges,centrally and axially connected along their lower portions, andseparated at their upper portion by rectangular internal notches, andthe convex cap connectin g the upper ends of the flanges, provided witha central opening for the admission of the post-foot into the socketformed by the notches of the flanges, all said parts being cast entirein one piece, which, in this instance is essential in order to form astrong connection at the extreme upper ends of the flanges, withoutweakening'this light and open portion of the stub by jointing oraffording crevices for rusting, the socket portions of the flanges being entirely free on their outer edges, opening the socket for theadmission of air from the ground-line up to the horizontal cap-plate, ashereinafter more fully described.

In the drawing, A represents a woodenpanel post, to which the panel B ofa picket, or that B of a rail fence, is attached. 0 is an earth-postcasting, which consists of four flanges, 0, meeting centrally and atright angles to each other, and provided with a cap, 0 which is providedwith an aperture to receive, the lower end a of panel post, and againstwhich rests the panel cross-bar a One of the pickets a may extend downon each side of the cap and earth post. The flanges c are cut out on topso as to forni a cavity, 0 with a supporting bottom, 0 for the end a ofpanel-post, and may be also recessed at 0 near the edges, so as to allowthe dirt to pass therethrough and be packed therein. 'The earth-post issunk in the ground to the bottom 0 and allows the panel-post to becontinually exposed to the air. The panelposts are thus rendered verydurable, while they may be easily removed.

This stub is adapted and cast in one piece. By means of the cap, whichis thus rigidly connected with the upper ends of the separated portionsof the flanges, they are covered and strengthened in position, and atthe same time air is admitted as freely to the foot of the post as anyother portion. The stub being cast entire is adapted to bedriven intothe ground.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The cast-iron drive-stub for fence-posts, con sisting of the verticalflanges c, centrally connected in their lower portion, and separated intheir upper portion by the internal notches to form a socket, c and theconvex cap 0 covering and connecting the upper ends of the separatedportions of the flanges, all said parts being cast in one piece,substantially as Witnesses:

E. B. KING, WALTER W. BOWEN.

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